Pressed-metal hook



W. E. WINE.

PRESSED METAL HOOK.

APPLICATlON FILED JAN. 25, 1922.

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TOL, OHIO.

*FRESSED-MJETAL HOOK.

- Application filed January 25, 1922. Serial No. 531,826.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. WINE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressed- Metal Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hooks that are adapted for use on freight cars having dro bottom doors, or freight cars of the gon ola type, wherein the doors are angularly positioned, and has for an object to provide a hook preferably formed of pressed steel, comprising two parts, a right and left, which are securely riveted or otherwise joined.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a hook,- the two parts of which may bereadily and quickly stamped from a blank, a portion of the upper end being flanged to form the bearing for the pivotal support, while the lower portion is provided with a main supporting ledge, and an auxiliary ledge. Also between the supporting ledges, and near the rear edge of the hook there is a bulged portion to provide strength at this point and to tend to prevent any crushing action in the lower part of the hook.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a hook, the two sections of which are to be out from a blank and afterwards securely riveted to each other to thereby form a hook which is lighter and cheaper to manufacture than an ordinary cast steel hook of the same type.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved hook,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

auxiliary supporting ledge 5 and a bulged portion 6.

These two sections are identical in shape,

the flanges, however, extending in the opposite direction, or in other words, lefts and rights. As will be noticed in Fig. 2, each section also has the circular flan e portion 7 which provides a bearing sur ace for a pivotal support (not shown). The sections are also provided with a flange 8 which extends completely around the entire edge of the hook which thus provides the bearing surface of the main supporting ledge 4C and the auxiliary supporting ledge 5. The sections are also bulged at a point between the auxiliary ledge and the rear of the hook to add strength to the hook at this point, and it is to be understood that other bulged or pressed portions may be provided if necessary anywhere throughout the hook.

A plurality of rivets 9 are shown for tightly securing the two sections together,

but any other form of fastening means may be provided if desired.

Furthermore, although I have shown two sections with their bodies adjacent, or as it might be termed, back to back, it will be readily seen that these two sections might be placed together with their flanges adjacent and the two sections then spotwelded to thereby form the completed hook.

The purpose of having an auxiliary ledge formed on the hook is that it is a relatively easy matter to swing a drop bottom door to a nearly closed position and from which point much greater force is necessary to raise the door to its closed or final position.

By providing a hook having the auxiliary supporting ledge, the door may be raised till the auxiliary ledge engages the same where it may rest, and prying or forcing means may be then used to close the door, after which the main supporting ledge of the hook may be forced under the door to support the same in its closed position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that l[ have provided a pressed steel or stam ed hook, which is relatively oheapto manu acture, as, after the dies are once made, the sections can be pressed out very rapidly on a high-powered press. Also the sections may be riveted or otherwise fastened at a relatively low manufacturing cost.

It will also be seen that I have a fabricated hook that is relatively light in weight,

.prising a right and left hand section, the

I flanged to said sections being rigidly secured to each other, the upper part of each section flanged to form a bearing surface for a pivotal support, and a ledge formed on the lower portion of said hook.

2. A hook comprising two sections, each of said sections being flanged around its outer edges, and said flanges extending in the opposite directions, said sections being rigidl secured to each other, the upper ends of tlie shanks provided with openings which are provide a bearing surface for a pivotal support, a main supporting ledge formed at the lower end of said hook and an auxiliary led e formed beneath the main supporting 1e ge.

hook comprising two sections each of which is flanged through its entire edge, said sections being a left and right and said sections securely riveted to each other, registered openings formed in the upper ends.

of the shank of said hook and flanges around said openings to thereby provide a bearing surface for a pivotal support, a main supportin ledge and an auxiliary supporting ledge ormed near the lower portion of said hook and abulged section extending from the rear of said hook towards the front thereof to thereby strengthen the same.

4. A hook formed of two sections struck from blanks, the said sections being flanged near their outer edges and in the opposite direction, means for rigidly holding the said sections together, a bearing surface formed by flanged portions in the upper part of the hook, further flanged portions forming a main supporting ledge and an auxiliary ledge, and a bulged portion formed in each of said sections and oppositely disposed to thereby strengthen the said hook.

5. A pressed steel hook comprising two sections struck from blanks, each of said sections being identical in shape and having their outer'edges flanged, and in the opposite directions and said sections rigidly secured to each other, the upper end of said sections provided with openings which are flanged to provide a bearing surface for a pivotal support, a plurality of flanged supporting ledges formed on said hook, each of said sections provided with a bulged portion which are oppositely positioned when the hook is assembled to thereby strengthen the said hook.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM E, WINE. 

